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Webster's Online English Dictionary

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contend


contend is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. For never two such kingdoms did content Without much fall of blood. Shak. The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle. Deut. ii. 9. In ambitious strength I did Contend against thy valor. Shak.

[2] To struggle or exert one`s self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend. You sit above, and see vain men below Contend for what you only can bestow. Dryden.

[3] To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue. The question which our author would contend for. Locke. Many things he fiercely contended about were trivial. Dr. H. More.


Synonyms:

combat
contest
dispute
emulate
fight
litigate
oppose
strive
struggle
vie
debat

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